FRENCH LIGHTHOUSES FROM THE SKY

"Dawn-to-Dusk"

In
1964, members of the Tiger Club, with encouragement by the Duke of
Edinburgh, instituted the Dawn-to-Dusk competition. This is
currently sponsored by Pooley’s, suppliers of aviation charts and
gadgetry. Any type of flying machine can be entered and would simply
have to be in the air for more than 8 hours on a single day. There
has to be some sort of theme and a report must be presented within 21
days of the flight, to include the journey log, charts and any other
material relevant to the adventure. The entries are judged by five
experienced aviators in terms of the originality of the theme and its
planning, the flying itself (distance and time planned against what
is actually achieved), the log of the journey, with an element of
handicapping according to pilot experience, equipment in the aircraft
and weather. This
website reflects two journeys around the lighthouses of France by
Geoff Scott and Richard Warriner in Cessna 185 G-BYBP in response to
the Dawn-to-Dusk challenge in 2015 and 2016.